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  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival Class Clowns | Ballarat Heat

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    12/03/2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $10 The search is on for Australia’s funniest teens! Melbourne International Comedy Festival's one-of-a-kind national comedy competition for young people, Class Clowns aims to inspire, engage and elevate teens aged 14 to 18 (Year level 9 to 12). It’s free to enter and all students need is a three to five minute original act in any style of…

    $10

  • David Quirk – Astonishing Obscurity

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    12/03/2022 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm $25 – $30 Melbourne International Comedy Festival proudly presents: David Quirk - Astonishing Obscurity Nominee: 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show  A truth. A lie. A vendetta. Obsession. Stalking. Inbreeding. Art. My brilliant football brother. My Christmas Island sister and an actual Prince lip sync dance thing that sent my career careering. DQ neva…

    $25 – $30

  • BMI Maker & Community Market

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    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    20/03/2022 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Come along and experience our Maker & Community Market this March: Meet our makers & stallholders | View Our Makers > Live music | Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts > Free entry Book Sale We will be hosting a book sale in the Library. These books have been donated to the BMI by…

  • To be rescheduled – Beatles Legacy @ The BMI

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    26/03/2022 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pm $35 Beatles Legacy and Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute invite you to experience performances from masterpieces from Paul, John, George, Ringo and Beyond in the Minerva Space, Saturday 26th March. This 2 hour musical journey will take you from the early Beatles days to their critically acclaimed solo careers. Performing masterpieces from Paul, John, George, Ringo, and beyond! Beatles…

    $35

  • BALLARAT ANZACS: Stories of Courage Sacrifice & Larrikinism | A Talk with Garry Snowden

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    07/04/2022 @ 11:00 am - 11:45 am BALLARAT ANZACS | Talks Garry Snowden, President, Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour will facilitate a talk on each Thursday of the display: Thursday 7 April, 11am | BALLARAT ANZACS: Stories of Courage Sacrifice & Larrikinism | Garry Snowden Thursday 14 April, 11am | BALLARAT ANZACS: Mining Mud & Medals | Yvon Davis Thursday 21…

  • Joe Avati | 25 Live – Have Some Respect Tour

    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    08/04/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm $49.50 The comedian touted as Australia’s answer to Seinfeld is back with a brand new show for 2022 – and with most of us needing a good laugh after the events of the last two years, his tour will be just the ticket. After surviving the world’s longest lockdown in Melbourne, Joe is bursting with new…

    $49.50

  • The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River | Session 1

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    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    13/04/2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River BMI Twilight Talks are back! The series is hosted by Prue Bentley. Prue Bentley Session 1   The Yarrowee's cultural connection: Then and now Environmental challenges for the City of Ballarat “City of Ballarat Councillor Belinda Coates is passionate about the environment and action on climate change.…

  • BALLARAT ANZACS: Mining Mud & Medals | A Talk with Yvon Davis

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    14/04/2022 @ 11:00 am BALLARAT ANZACS | Talks Garry Snowden, President, Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour will facilitate a talk on each Thursday of the display: Thursday 7 April, 11am | BALLARAT ANZACS: Stories of Courage Sacrifice & Larrikinism | Garry Snowden Thursday 14 April, 11am | BALLARAT ANZACS: Mining Mud & Medals | Yvon Davis Thursday 21…

  • Ballarat Film Society – White Riot

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    14/04/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm In late 1970s Britain, fascists and racists were gaining ground, extending their influence across popular culture. This film documents a vital London protest movement established in response. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, during a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches. As neo-Nazis recruited the nation's youth, RAR's multicultural punk and…

  • The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River | Session 2

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    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    20/04/2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm  The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River BMI Twilight Talks are back! The series is hosted by Prue Bentley. Prue Bentley Session 2 What bird or beast is that? The special wildlife of the Yarrowee and surrounds Gardens for Wildlife Ballarat  Gardens for Wildlife Ballarat is a free, community-based gardening program that helps people…

  • BALLARAT ANZACS: The Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour | A Talk with Phil Roberts

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    21/04/2022 @ 11:00 am BALLARAT ANZACS | Talks Garry Snowden, President, Arch of Victory & Avenue of Honour will facilitate a talk on each Thursday of the display: Thursday 7 April, 11am | BALLARAT ANZACS: Stories of Courage Sacrifice & Larrikinism | Garry Snowden Thursday 14 April, 11am | BALLARAT ANZACS: Mining Mud & Medals | Yvon Davis Thursday 21…

  • The Reading Room | April

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    26/04/2022 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm The Reading Room (2pm in the Library for a start @ 10.30am - 12noon) This volunteer run reading and discussion group meets monthly. It is anticipated that members will read the selected book prior to attendance.If you would like to be a part of this group (free to BMI members) please complete the Expression of…